What The Federal Government Needs To Do About Housing
Australia is in the midst of a severe housing crisis and there are no solutions currently on the table at government level. The rental stocks have fallen to an all time low for residential accommodation. Meanwhile, the nation remains in the grip of a cost of living/high inflationary period. This is what the federal government needs to do about housing.
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The Origins Of Money
Money is a bit like religion. In that, money has been around so long, we’ve forgotten what it is. The origins of money WTF? Every new generation of us gets taught what money is and how it works. Similarly to established religious beliefs an orthodoxy teaches an approved curriculum. What if that syllabus contains mistruths and is factually wrong? Wouldn’t that result in millions of us getting the wrong idea about important stuff like money and how the financial system works? Well, the simple answer is yes.
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Understanding The Ancient World
I spent a good number of years studying ancient history at university and thoroughly enjoyed it. I recommend the learning experience. Understanding the ancient world, however, remains an intellectual exercise, as the passing of millennia makes it impossible to really grasp the Geist of these distant times. I compare it to trying to stare down a deep well through cloudy water in a bid to see what is down there. Fleeting speculations based on interpretations of translations and bits of broken pottery are the best we can do. Still, the process of trying to comprehend the past is a worthwhile thing in itself, in my view. It reflects keenly upon the present.
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Four Corners Exposes NDIS Flaws & Failures
The ABC program 4 Corners has shone a light upon further mistreatment and exploitation of Australia’s disabled population. The lax and low standards inherent in many Australian initiatives seemingly invites in unscrupulous people and organisations to profit from the misery of others. The NDIS is the perfect example of this, with so many politicians patting themselves on the back for such a fine effort in this space. Meanwhile, the actual running of the ship is sloppy and full of loopholes large enough to drive double-decker buses through. Four Corners exposes NDIS flaws and failures costing disabled Australians and their families quality of life and much heartache.
The Woman King
What a refreshing movie. The Woman King is wonderful stuff. I found myself cheering for the women and the Africans, as they won their battles against their male and European foes. History has often been depressing in its relentless exploitation of the noble savage and the female of the species. Watching a film where these folk finally get the upper hand was a welcome thrill. The depiction of the slave trade in Africa was a reminder of the horrendous role Europeans played in making their fortune in this manner. All too many of us, white, well fed Westerners put this stuff out of our thoughts, when it was really not that long ago.
Sex: The Wolf & Red Riding Hood
Sex, in the twenty first century, sits as an uncomfortable bedfellow with political correctness. One can almost see grandma in her bed, with her long snout tied beneath sleeping cap, and Little Red Riding Hood gazing into her great big eyes. The wolf lies beneath […]
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Plutarch: Historian or Myth Maker?
Plutarch, like many writers, told his audience what they wanted to hear. When comparing Plutarch’s account of the Osiris myth, in his Isis and Osiris, with the extant evidence from ancient Egypt, it is clear that the myth was a later development within the narrative […]
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Pets: An ancient relationship between humans and animals
Did the people of the ancient world keep pets? It seems highly likely that the people of the ancient world did keep pets. The fact that animals have been found buried with, or next to people, and that grave goods have also been found in […]
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House Therapy Now in Paperback Edition
House Therapy: Discovering Who You Really Are is now available in paperback via Amazon. For those many readers who like to hold a hard copy in their hands and feel the keen sensation of paper at their fingertips – now you can. This revised edition […]
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Kant Abide His Conception of Morality
“But when morality has been completely expounded (which merely imposes duties instead of providing rules for selfish desires), then first, after the moral desire to promote the summum bonum (to bring the kingdom of God to us) has been awakened, a desire founded on a […]
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EJ Whitten Legends Football Match Travesty
Ted Whitten was from my limited perception of the man, a ridgy didge good footballer, who played passionately for club and state. It is great that lots of money is being raised for charities from this annual match. The AFL upped the ante on the […]
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Beware Those Who Dress Up: Like George Pell
By Robert Hamilton We live in an age, where those who seek to define themselves as different from the rest of us, often do so by their dress. The particular ‘they’ I am talking about, do so by dressing in robes, when the rest of […]
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Online Content by Aussie Writers More Effective
Having your online content written for your Australian website by Australian writers imbues your website with a different level of readability. It is becoming more widely known, now, that Google ranks pages with an awareness of the quality of the digital copy inherent within it. […]
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Adam Goodes Victim of Tall Poppy Syndrome
Indigenous AFL star, Adam Goodes, finds himself the victim of Australia’s very own Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS). Aussie PM Tony Abbott guaranteed Goodes would fall victim to this curse by making Adam Austalian of the Year in 2014. Australians, generally, don’t like being told who […]
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US Open Golf 2015
Boy, what a surprise when I turned on the first round of the 2015 US open golf championship to see a revolutionary new vista. Where were the boring old, up and down, tree lined fairways? Where were the chemically induced ultra green coloured greens? What I was seeing did not look like golf US style. This looked like a mix of staged motor cross and Open links golf brought together in a new kind of golfing space. I immediately thought to myself – new fans are going to love this. The USGA are to be applauded for their ground breaking vision.
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